“Many others will win a prize. But the palm will be won by the fortunate man for whom it is reserved to… — Karl Enrst von Baer Copy Share Image
Obama's Nobel Peace Prize is an exquisite act of condescension from Norwegians, a dog biscuit and a pat on the head to… — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
Some things in this world just ain't meant to be, not in the times we want 'em to, and the heart has… — James McBride Copy Share Image
I don't think it's a prize when actors and directors or writers and actors work together more than once. You have a… — Edward Zwick Copy Share Image
I am in limbo, and in limbo there are no races, no prizes, no changes, no chances. There are merely degrees of… — Keri Hulme Copy Share Image
The reward of running — of anything — lies within us … We focus on something external to motivate us, but we… — Scott Jurek Copy Share Image
As an American I am not so shocked that Obama was given the Nobel Peace Prize without any accomplishments to his name,… — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
Awards are important for all directors because they improve your working conditions. You're only as good as your last film, so if… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
“No institution of learning of Ingersoll 's day had courage enough to confer upon him an honorary degree; not only for his… — Joseph Lewis Copy Share Image
I was starting to wonder if I was ready to be a writer, not someone who won prizes, got published and was… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
Collaboration is just, really, a group of people getting in a room with their eye on a very similar prize and wanting… — Harold Prince Copy Share Image
Imagine that Queen Elizabeth I, in her time, had the opportunity to give out a monopoly for playing cards within the kingdom.… — James M. Buchanan Copy Share Image
But if you caught my informant,' said Achilles, 'why in the world would Chamrajnagar—or Graff, if it was him—launch the shuttle anyway?… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
I felt very low. I had been unmasked only that morning by Jay Cee herself, and I felt now that all the… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
At any particular moment in a man's life, he can say that everything he has done and not done, that has been… — William Least Heat-Moon Copy Share Image
The prizes go to those who meet emergencies successfully. And the way to meet emergencies is to do each daily task the… — William Feather Copy Share Image
Vain Art of the Fugue was the only one of my novels to be met with relative public recognition: it was nominated… — Dumitru Tepeneag Copy Share Image
Thank God! we are in the full enjoyment of all these privileges. But can we be taught to prize them too much?… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
I'll say this, and it'll sound like bullshit, but it's not: I don't really pay attention to this stuff [Man Booker Prize]… — Paul Beatty Copy Share Image
Now I'm on the rise, doin' business with my guys. Visions realize, music [your craft] affected lives. A gift from the skies,… — Common Copy Share Image
[Bob] Dylan thus deserves the Nobel Prize, not just for "new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition," as the Nobel… — Jay Michaelson Copy Share Image
My eyes widened at the ball of orange fluff squeezing out from under the counter, blinking and stretching. I looked again, not… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
A woman is free if she lives by her own standards and creates her own destiny, if she prizes her individuality and… — Mary McLeod Bethune Copy Share Image
Such simple and steady acts of kindness are the essence of love, the substance of life. All of us need love; all… — Lloyd D. Newell Copy Share Image
Well, we had a bunch of primaries and caucuses on the Democratic side. Bernie Sanders won the Nebraska and Kansas caucuses. That… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
For a film maker, an Oscar is like a Nobel Prize, you know. So I am very happy... delighted. There is nothing… — Satyajit Ray Copy Share Image
In many cases, people who win a Nobel prize, their work slows down after that because of the distractions. Yes, fame is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Spring has again returned. The Earth is like a child that knows many poems. Many, O so many. For the hardship of… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
I had the habit of not accepting prizes or honors, but always, not out of humility, but because I don't like them.… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Tennis Australia really led the charge as far as upping the prize money and trying to do the right thing by the… — Samantha Stosur Copy Share Image
I've never really understood the desire people have to quantify a baby. "He's X big and Y long," As if the baby… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
A lottery is a salutary instrument and a tax... laid on the willing only, that is to say, on those who can… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
We created the spirituals. We created so much great music, jazz chief amongst our innovations, teaching us how to prize ourselves and… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
I'm very happy for whatever plaudits might come the way of my work, but I never ever sit down to write x… — Will Self Copy Share Image
I thought the chances of becoming a Nobel Prize laureate were minuscule because there are so many other innovations and discoveries that… — Joachim Frank Copy Share Image
I have purchased a flat in Malad, but that is not with my 'Bigg Boss' prize. I had bought it with my… — Shilpa Shinde Copy Share Image
You come out of the gate, you've got something new, you're subversive, nobody's ever done it before. But by your fifth novel… — Daniel Mendelsohn Copy Share Image
Harper Lee's novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird' became iconic almost immediately after appearing in 1960: best-seller status; the Pulitzer Prize the next… — Kevin Young Copy Share Image
Who but shall learn that freedom is the prize Man still is bound to rescue or maintain; That nature's God commands the… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
So I think that in the beginning of your career you're just looking to work. Luckily for me, my first movie was… — Miles Teller Copy Share Image
![“I'll say this, and it'll sound like bullshit, but it's not: I don't really pay attention to this stuff [Man Booker Prize] very much. I think part of it is I can see myself wondering who's doing what and getting jealous, and none of that's healthy for me. So I just don't really.” quote by Paul Beatty](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/830/paul-beatty-6684_attention_i-ll-say-this-and-it-ll-sound-like-bulls_289719.png)
![“Now I'm on the rise, doin' business with my guys. Visions realize, music [your craft] affected lives. A gift from the skies, to be recognized, I'm keeping my eye on the people, that's the prize” quote by Common](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/7ca/common-2673_affected_now-i-m-on-the-rise-doin-business-with-m_2768516.png)
![“[Bob] Dylan thus deserves the Nobel Prize, not just for "new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition," as the Nobel committee aptly described his work, but also for embodying the contradictions within it.” quote by Jay Michaelson](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/d3b/jay-michaelson-15590_bob_bob-dylan-thus-deserves-the-nobel-prize_2829438.jpg)
